Baby food = liquids??

[misspollysdolly]

Can anyone fill me in on the most up to date guidance on taing liquids on plane journeys...? Are there still restrictions? If so, what are these? I think that the last time we flew (about 15 months ago) any liquids needed to be 100mls or smaller. Is this still the case?

I am going to France on Wednesday. BFing DS2 still (8months) so no worries about NEEDING to carry water/milk etc. Hoever, now a bit confused about whether jars of baby food technically count as liquids. Also have bought a few of those jars of lightly flavoured baby water to take with us as an emergency measure, but now thinking I possibly can't take them...?

No, you can't take them, unless in suitcases which are checked in. You will need to buy new stuff after security. There is usually a Boots where you can get basic stuff. You can take anything you're prepared to open and taste but you may not want to open stuff if you're going to need it later that day.

So I could pack the jars I have already bought in our suitcases which then go into the hold? It's just that I can't take anything ONTO the plane for the journey time, unless I'm prepared to open and taste it/demonstarte that it's OK in front of them? Have I got that right?!

I think you are allowed to take what you need for the journey and I had way more than I needed (in case of delays/emergencies).

I took milk in beaker, water in beaker, huge jar of baby food (275g), carton of baby milk (200ml) plus fruit and other solid food in tupperware boxes. Might just have been lucky but although all my hand luggage was searched I didn't have to open the jar or carton only had to taste the milk in the beaker. TBH, I didn't "declare" any of it. Just put my bag through security as normal - it was the jar, apparently, which triggered the search. I had to taste the milk because DD was holding it and wouldn't let go!

Also packed couple of jars and cartons in cases which went in the hold.

And another thing - the thing about liquids being 100ml or less and needing to be put in a see-through bag doesn't apply to baby milk. It can be more than 100ml and doesn't need to go in a bag.

Hope that makes sense!

Maybe they have got a bit more sensible about baby food and milk since I last had to take it on a flight, more than a year ago. DD was under one (maybe about 11 months) and I packed a jar of something in her food bag (along with fruit and raisins and bread and stuff) and I was told I'd have to open it and taste it so I left it because I couldn't see the point of taking an opened jar onto a plane where it would just slowly go off. They also refused to let me take the cool pack thing onto the flight as it contained liquid so I wouldn't have been able to keep it cool. You could freeze a small plastic bottle of juice/water to get round this as it would have melted a bit by the time you get on the plane so you could taste it. There was formula in cartons available on airside in Boots and also a reasonable selection of baby food jars (mainly Boots own brand). It seems to vary from airport to airport and flight to flight, frankly. But I'd err on the side of caution if I were you. I was v cross to have to give up my cool pack.

Agree with Horton about erring on the side of caution. I took stuff that I decided I didn't care much about giving up and figured it would be a bonus if I was allowed to keep any of it without opening. I was amazed that it was all OK.